The Anti Thieving Duo
"Hello" - (Normal talking)
"What happened?" - (Thoughts)
"What do I do?" - (Flashback)
{"Hey, can you hear me?"} - (Communication)
"\Prepare for departure\" - (Radio and speakers)
Hope that you all enjoy this chapter.
Chapter 7 - The Lucky Cat Caper
(In Shadowsan's classroom)
(Dream/flashback starts)
Shadowsan was stood before Black Sheep, while wearing his coat.
"Somewhere in my coat lies a single dollar bill. The coat has many pockets. Locate the target and acquire it... if you can" he said, which caused her to narrow her eyes slightly. He then pulled the timer out of his pocket. "You have 2 minutes" he told her with a frown. He set the timer down, before pressing a button which started the timer then walked back to his earlier position.
Black Sheep gave him a bow, before she got into a stance to show that she was ready. "Come on Black Sheep, you got this!" Dark Fox shouted out encouragingly.
Shadowsan gave Black Sheep a scowl, while she was giving him a confident smirk. After staring at each other for a few seconds, Black Sheep dashed at him and reached up one of his sleeves, while Shadowsan moved out of the way.
Black Sheep looked over her shoulder at him, before she ran at him again and reached inside his coat, but found no bill as he moved again.
Black Sheep ran after him again, and slipped her hands up his other sleeve and back into his coat to find that dollar bill, all while fighting him with gritted teeth as Shadowsan would block or redirect her arms.
Black Sheep had put her hand up one of his sleeves, and pulled it out which made Dark Fox and Grey look excited, thinking that she'd got the bill while Tigress looked at them both with a raised eyebrow.
Shadowsan looked surprised for a moment, before frowning as Black Sheep opened her fist with a raised eyebrow to show that she had no dollar bill. She then looked at the timer, and saw that she had one minute and twenty three seconds left.
She then moved over slightly, before she ran at him again with a frown on her face and moved her hand into his coat to find the dollar bill, before Shadowsan moved around her. She then ran at him again, and reached inside his coat once more before Shadowsan grabbed her arm and moved it away while stepping to one side, right before Black Sheep dashed at him again and put her arm up his sleeve before Shadowsan slapped her arm away.
She ran towards him, and put her hand up his sleeve right before Shadowsan pushed her forward. She turned around and looked at him with a frown, before opening her fist to find she didn't have the bill. She then looked at the timer, and saw that she had one minute and one second left.
Giving Shadowsan a glare, she then ran towards him with a yell and slipped her hand up his sleeve before Shadowsan pushed it aside, while Black Sheep went for inside his coat as Shadowsan moved to avoid her slipping her hand in. She then tried again, with Shadowsan moving her hand down before her other hand went inside his coat.
Shadowsan realised that his backpedaling was leading him to the wall, and when he looked back Black Sheep had put both her hands inside his coat to try and find that dollar bill. Shadowsan then pushed her back with a double palm heel strike, which sent her flying back as she landed on her side with a grunt.
"Ha! This is going well" Tigress said with a cruel smirk and a raised eyebrow as she chuckled, while looking over at Crackle and Dark Fox, who had looks of disbelief on their faces.
"I can't believe that she hasn't found that dollar bill by now" Grey said, with his eyes wide open.
Dark Fox nodded in agreement, as he knew that Black Sheep should have found it by now. "I know you can do this Black Sheep! Don't give up, not now!" he yelled at her.
Black Sheep stood up with a frown, and looked at the timer which showed that she had thirty seconds left.
Upon seeing that she was running out of time, Black Sheep got desperate as she quickly ran at Shadowsan and put her hand inside his coat to find the dollar bill, right before it got slapped away. With gritted teeth, she then dipped her hand into his sleeve to look for the bill, just before Shadowsan pulled his arm away and leaned to one side, as Black Sheep tried to put her hand inside his coat again.
She then tried both hands at once again, until Shadowsan put his arm in between hers and pushed them to the sides, which took her slightly by surprise before she lunged forward and slipped her hand into his coat, to see if the dollar bill was there just before Shadowsan swept her off her feet, and sent her tumbling backwards.
Black Sheep got onto her hands and knees before getting into a crouch, and after looking at the timer from the corner of her eyes, saw that she had only seventeen seconds left to find the dollar bill.
"Come on Black Sheep! I know you can do this mate!" Crackle yelled out encouragingly, knowing this meant everything to her, and that she really wanted to pass.
Black Sheep was panting for breath, before she leapt at Shadowsan with a yell and tried to put her hand in his coat, which Shadowsan blocked before she went for his sleeve, just as Shadowsan knocked it away. Black Sheep kept on doing this, as she tried to find the dollar bill by quickly darting her hands in and out his coat and up the sleeves, as Shadowsan blocked and deflected her attempts just as quickly, while they were both starting to sweat slightly.
When the timer reached zero, instead of the usual beeping noise it makes, it instead made a ringing noise, like that of a cell phone.
(Dream/flashback ends)
0o0o0o0
(A hotel room)
Carmen woke up with a gasp, while sweating slightly and her hair in a mess as her phone rang on a bedside table.
"You okay babe?" Naruto asked her, as he came into the bedroom while holding two cups of hot chocolate, and he was only wearing a pair of underwear.
Carmen ignored him, as she grabbed the phone and pressed the answering button before placing it at her ear, as she sat up and practically yelled out "The coat was empty, wasn't it?!" while in only her underwear.
Naruto shook his head at this, and placed the cups of hot chocolate down before picking up his earpiece and putting it in his ear, and pressed a button on it so that he was connected to Player.
{"Oh boy... You're having that dream again, aren't you?"} Player asked with a sigh.
"Uh, I think that 'Dream' makes it sound like make-believe, Player. This actually happened" Naruto told him, as Carmen held her head.
Carmen nodded in agreement, as she took the phone from her ear and pressed the speaker button on it. {"For the best, right, Red? I mean, if you'd actually aced crime school, then you and Naruto might be stealing for VILE instead of from them"} Player said, as Carmen stretched her arms in the air while giving off a yawn, before Naruto handed her a cup of hot chocolate, while taking a sip from the other one.
Carmen gave him a nod of thanks, as she took a sip from her cup.
Naruto gave a snort at this, as he said {"For the Villains International League of Evil? Highly doubt that."}
Player was tossing a small basketball through a hoop. "So how come failing Shadowsan's final is still bugging you?" he asked her curiously.
Carmen closed her eyes and sighed, as she replied "I don't know" as she put the cup down and got out of bed, as stretched herself before walking round it. "Maybe because I never got to see where the dollar bill was hiding when the exam was over" she said, as she kicked a coat up and put her arm behind her back, as she pulled a dollar bill out, before the coat fell back to the floor. "I was the best pickpocket in Stealth 101. Way better than Tigress. Guess I just feel like I still have something to prove" she told him, as she stood at the closed curtains.
{"Does it still bother you, Naruto?"} Player asked him curiously.
Naruto shook his head at this. "It does a little bit, but not enough for me to have dreams about it" he said, as he picked up Carmen's cup and carried it over to her, while she opened up the curtains.
As soon as the curtains were opened, they both saw a city covered in fog.
"Mm, what a view" Carmen said with a raised eyebrow, as she took her cup back from Naruto, and placed her elbow on her hand as she took a sip.
"Looks like pea soup, if you ask me," Naruto said, taking a sip from his own cup.
Player typed on his computer, saying "They don't call San Francisco, California 'Fog City' for nothing. The fog blows in so often that the locals gave it a name: Karl."
{"But when the fog lifts, what a view. The Golden Gate Bridge towers 746 feet above the bay. It's one of the city's iconic landmarks, along with cable cars, the oldest and largest Chinatown in America, and 'The Rock': Alcatraz Island, home of the famous prison,"} Carmen said.
"Too bad it hasn't been used to jail criminals since 1963. Since VILE loves hanging out on islands, it would've been the perfect place to lock them up" Player said.
{"Ha! Good one Player"} Naruto said with a laugh.
Both he and Carmen turned round from the window, and walked away while finishing their drinks as Naruto said "But until that day comes, we'll be happy to keep stealing their money to spend on worthwhile causes, like the Children's Foundation charity auction tonight."
They both approached a closet, and opened the door, which had their respective coats hung up. "A foggy night seems like perfect trench coat weather. But I think we really should dress for the occasion" Carmen said, as she slid her coat across to reveal a red dress, while Naruto did the same with his, which showed a white dress shirt and black pants, along with a blue tie to go with it.
Naruto then took her cup from her, and placed hers and his on the counter before hugging her from behind. "Until then, how about we keep ourselves occupied" he told her, as he lightly nibbled on her neck which made Carmen moan slightly, and move her head to give him more access.
She then turned around, and looked at him with a smile as she asked "And what did you have in mind?"
Naruto smiled back, as he replied "Oh, I think you know" before picking her up bridal style which made Carmen gasp in surprise, before she smiled at him as she put her arms around his neck, while he carried her back to the bed, before laying her down on it.
||LEMON STARTS|| (If you don't like, you know what to do)
Naruto got on top of Carmen, and straddled her as he leaned down and kissed her, while holding onto her hands, which he moved so they were over her head.
Carmen returned the kiss with enthusiasm, as she smiled into his lips while gripping his hands with her own.
Naruto let go of Carmen's hands, and moved them to her back as he unhooked her bra. Carmen understood what he wanted, and moved her arms down so that she could get her bra off, and once she got it off she threw it off to the side somewhere, before wrapping her arms around his neck, as she pulled him closer while deepening the kiss.
Naruto then moved his hands to Carmen's breasts, and started fondling them which made Carmen moan in pleasure, as she broke the kiss and leaned her head back, as Naruto started kissing her neck.
"Oh Naruto, please don't stop~" Carmen moaned out, as she ran her hands through his hair, while he licked and kissed his way down her neck towards her breasts.
He then started licking in between her breasts, while fondling them and pinching her nipples, which made Carmen throw her head back with a pleasurable moan, as she pulled his head into her breasts more. "Oh baby, keep on doing that please" Carmen said, with a smile on her face.
Naruto then took his head out from between her breasts, and moved over to the left one as he started sucking on her nipple, while he ran his right hand to her pussy, and started slowly pumping his fingers into her.
"Oooohhhh Naruto, that's so good" Carmen said, as she ran her fingers through his hair.
Naruto lightly bit down onto her nipple, and slowly pulled his head up with it in his teeth, which made Carmen moan at this.
He then switched over to her other breast, and did the same thing there, while his left hand replaced his right with pumping his fingers inside her pussy, making Carmen moan lightly.
After some time with her breasts, Naruto then looked down at her pussy, and saw it was soaking wet from him pumping his fingers in her.
"Are you ready for the main course?" Naruto asked her with a grin, as he lined his cock up with her pussy.
Carmen looked up at Naruto and gave him a smile, with a lustful look. "Baby, my pussy has been aching for your cock, as it's missed it so much" she told him.
Naruto gave her a smile of his own, as he said "Good, because my cock has missed your pussy just as much" before he thrust inside her.
Carmen threw her head back, and gave out a moan. "OOOOHHHH YES! Please Naruto, please always make me feel like this" Carmen said, looking at him with a sultry grin.
Naruto kept on thrusting into her, as he said "Don't worry, I'll always make you feel good" as he fondled her breasts, while he thrust inside her.
Carmen could only moan and squirm under Naruto, as she wrapped her legs around him, so that he didn't pull too far out of her, and she ran her hands over his chest.
Naruto then leaned down, and kissed her while he kept pumping into her and fondled her breasts. Carmen wrapped her arms around his neck, to pull him closer and deepen the kiss.
They did this for nearly half an hour, before Carmen started moaning in Naruto's mouth, while frantically moving about.
They broke apart, as Carmen moaned out "Naru….to I'm ab….about to cu….cum."
Naruto nodded, as he was starting to groan. "Me….me too babe" he said, and started thrusting into her even harder and faster. "Let….Lets do….do it to….together" he told her.
"O….okay" Carmen said with a nod, before she moaned out from Naruto leaning down, as he kissed her neck.
After a few more minutes, they both shouted out "CUMMING!" as they both came at more or less the sametime.
After they'd stopped, Naruto pulled out of Carmen before he collapsed to the side of her, while they both caught their breath.
Naruto looked at Carmen, as he asked "You alright babe?"
Carmen turned her head to look at him, as she nodded while saying "Yeah, I'm good. And before you ask, I took the pill when I had my hot chocolate."
Naruto gave a nod, before looking at the ceiling.
Carmen then looked at his cock, which was still erect. She gave a smile, as she sat up and straddled him cowgirl style, with her hands on his chest while she lined her pussy up with his cock.
"You ready for round two baby?" she asked him with a grin, as she lightly rubbed her pussy on his cock.
Naruto looked up at her with a smile, as he replied "You bet I am."
Carmen gave him a sexy grin, as she dropped herself onto his cock which made them both moan.
Carmen then started bouncing herself on his cock, which caused her breasts to bounce up and down.
Naruto reached out, and grabbed her breasts which he squeezed and fondled with, along with pinching and rubbing her nipples between his fingers, and sometimes pulling them too.
This caused Carmen to moan erotically, as she leaned her head back with her tongue hung out of her mouth, and her eyes slightly rolled up into her head.
"Oh baby, you always know what to do to make me feel good," Carmen said with a dopey smile on her face.
Naruto smiled up at her, before he sat up and pulled her in for a kiss, which she was all too eager to return. They wrapped their arms around each other, as Carmen kept bouncing on his cock and she also rubbed her breasts on his chest.
After about 10 minutes, they both started to move quicker and faster meaning that they were both about to climax again. They continued for as long as possible, before they both groaned into each other's mouth.
As soon as they'd calmed down, Naruto fell back down onto the bed, with Carmen laid on top of him, while they hugged each other.
She nuzzled her face into his chest, while lightly kissing and licking him as Naruto ran his fingers through her hair.
||LEMON OVER|| (Okay to read again)
They laid there for a few more minutes, before they sat up and looked at each other with smiles on their faces.
"What do you wanna do now?" Carmen asked Naruto curiously.
Naruto tapped his finger on his chin in thought, before he said "We could see if there's anything interesting to watch on the TV."
Carmen nodded in agreement, before picking up the remote and put the TV on before selecting Netflix.
After scrolling along, they decided to watch a new addition, which was about a lady who loses her memory somehow, and she joins the FBI to help them solve cases, along with seeing if they can help her get her memories back. (Those who know what the series is, will obtain a free cookie)
They watched a few episodes, while having lunch and dinner as they did, before seeing that they had to get ready for the auction that would be happening in about an hour, as it was now night.
They both headed for a shower and washed each other (which led to a quick makeout session), where they had to have another one, before they dried themselves off and got dressed. Once they were ready, they headed down to the lobby and hailed down a taxi, which they used to head for where the auction was taking place.
0o0o0o0
(Later, at the auction)
Naruto and Carmen were sitting together in the back row, away from the other attendants. Carmen was wearing a red dress with gold around the edges and a slit up one side, a gold choker on her neck and elbow length black gloves, while she had some hair covering her right eye and the back was in a bun and Naruto wore a tuxedo.
"Going once... going twice... sold for $78,000 to the generous couple" the auctioneer said into the microphone hanging from her ear, with a man standing next to her along with a picture of a red car, as she pointed over at Carmen and Naruto, while the attendants applauded.
{"You really bought the car from Rogue Vendetta 5? Who knew you were into action flicks?"} Player said to her.
Carmen shrugged her shoulders slightly with a grin, as she said "It goes with my dress, and Zack will totally flip."
Naruto nodded in agreement, with a smile on his face.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this next item is what you've been waiting all evening for: an extremely rare postage stamp donated by an anonymous private collector. 'The One-Cent Black on Magenta' everyone," the auctioneer said with a smile, as she clasped her hands together.
Naruto giggled slightly, as he said "We can use it to send a postcard to VILE," as Carmen quietly laughed behind her hand.
"Whoa. It's actually really valuable, to the tune of a cool 10 million" Player said in surprise with wide eyes, after looking up what he could find about it.
Naruto and Carmen looked at each other with amused looks "Cents. Very funny, Player" Carmen said, as Naruto nodded in agreement.
{"No, seriously, dollars"} Player said to them, causing their eyes to widen in shocked surprise.
"How is a one-cent stamp worth 10 million dollars?" Naruto said, as both he and Carmen narrowed their eyes slightly, before they gave a grin.
Player read off what he'd found out about it, saying "Only a small number of these black on magentas were ever printed, and this is the only one known to survive. I'm taking up stamp collecting" he finished with a wide smile.
"Great, we'll win it for you. VILE can afford it" Carmen said with a grin as she cocked an eyebrow, with Naruto nodding in agreement.
The man then pushed a small table on wheels to the front, with a cloth covering up the item. "A reminder that all proceeds go to the Children's Foundation, so don't be shy" the auctioneer said with a smile, as she winked at everyone. She then raised her gavel, as she looked at the cloth covered item, as she said "Bidding begins at…" while the man removed the cloth, which revealed that the stamp wasn't there.
This caused everyone to gasp in shock. "It's gone!" the auctioneer said, with her hand flying to her mouth.
Both Naruto and Carmen were briefly shocked, before they abruptly stood up with frowns on their faces. "Player!" Naruto said, as the two of them walked off.
Player was already typing on his computer. "On it." He soon had images from the security cameras appear on his screen. {"The security feeds show movement on the south side of the building. You'll just have to get through Karl"} he said, as they approached a door.
Carmen raised an eyebrow, as she asked "Who?" before remembering what Player was talking about. "Oh, Karl. The fog" she said with a deadpan, as they arrived at the door, before Naruto pushed it open.
They soon went outside, with Carmen pulling a torch out of her purse, while Naruto took one out of his pocket, before turning them on to see if they could spot any clues.
As they were looking around for anything that could help them, they saw a shadowy figure approaching them, which made them both smirk with a cocked eyebrow each, when it was revealed to be Chase.
"Carmen Sandiego and Naruto Uzumaki," Chase said to them with a smile.
"Chase Devineaux" they both said with smiles, turning their torches off, and placing a hand on their hips.
Chase placed his hands in his trouser pockets, before he said "If one wishes to vanish into the cloak of night, perhaps one should not shine a beacon" with a confident look on his face, while narrowing his eyes at them.
Naruto and Carmen both looked at their torches briefly, before looking at each other with smiles on their faces. "Thanks for the tip," Naruto said with a grin, before turning his torch on and shining it in Chase's eyes.
This caused Chase to let out a surprised yell, while placing a hand over his eyes to block the light. While he was distracted, Naruto and Carmen were quick to run off into the fog, just as Chase tried to grab them with his eyes closed.
Chase was quick to open his eyes, before he ran after them. He had a confident smirk on his face, as he said "And perhaps one should not wear loud, clacky shoes."
As he ran, he suddenly noticed that he couldn't hear either of their shoes hitting the ground. He soon stopped, and had a look of confusion on his face as he looked around while gritting his teeth slightly, before one of Carmen's high heels hit him in the face, while one of Naruto's shoes hit him in the chest, which made him cry out in pain.
He placed his hands where he was hit, before clenching them into fists as he growled in annoyance. He then ran off in the direction that the shoes came from, and soon saw a shadowy figure appearing.
"I have you now, you orange and crimson phantoms!" Devineaux yelled out.
As he approached the shadowy figure, it was revealed to be Julia, who turned around with a look of relief on her face. "There you are!" she said to him.
Chase came to a stop, as he gave a slight gasp of surprise. He then composed himself, before saying "Yes. I am here, and you are there, Ms. Argent" while pointing at himself then her with a raised eyebrow. "But where on earth are Carmen Sandiego and Naruto Uzumaki?!" he yelled out, as he looked around, before spreading his arms out in frustration.
He soon calmed down and placed his arms back to his sides, as he turned around and walked off, with Julia following after him until she was walking next to him.
"Stealing from a children's charity makes very little sense for the two of them," Julia said with a frown, with her hand slightly raised as Chase was looking around with a scowl. "Especially following the events in Mumbai where they left the stolen Magna Carta for us to find" she finished with a raised eyebrow.
"Meep, meep, meep!" Devineaux said to her, as he raised a hand to stop her talking, before pointing at a silhouette in the fog.
Thinking it was either Carmen or Naruto, Chase ran towards it with Julia watching him go.
"Aha!" Chase said with a cheerful look on his face, when he reached the silhouette.
The fog cleared enough to show that it wasn't Carmen or Naruto….but Mime Bomb, who was giving Chase a wide grin.
"Wah!" Chase yelled out in surprise, as he moved back slightly, just as Julia approached with a light frown on her face.
Mime Bomb continued to smile at him, which caused Chase to get an annoyed look on his face, as he made a shooing motion with his hands. "Go on, get out of here!" he said.
Mime Bomb waved at them, and walked backwards as he disappeared into the fog.
"You let him go?" Julia said curiously, with furrowed eyebrows.
Chase raised an eyebrow at her, as he said "What? He was merely a street clown" while shrugging his shoulders slightly.
Julia quirked an eyebrow at him. "At City Hall? Such performers are typically relegated to tourist areas like Fisherman's Wharf" she said.
Chase raised his eyes up at hearing her say this. "Please remain on task, Agent Argent" he told her, while cocking an eyebrow at her. "Once again, Carmen Sandiego and Naruto Uzumaki have slipped away. This time with a 10 million dollar stamp in their little red and orange hands" he said with a frown.
What Chase didn't realise, was that it was actually Mime Bomb who'd stolen the stamp, as he placed it in his pocket, while riding on a train.
0o0o0o0
(At VILE Isle)
Mime Bomb was on the large screen, as he pantomimed.
"Carmen Sandiego and Naruto Uzumaki," Maelstrom said, which caused Mime Bomb to point at him with a wide smile, while touching his nose. "I see. Stand by, Mime Bomb. We will contact you with instructions on how to proceed."
Mime Bomb gave a bow, before the call ended and the screen went up, which revealed the Cleaners mopping the floor behind it.
"If our former pride and joys are on our snitch's trail, I would suggest that a more suitable operative transport the stamp out of San Francisco" Gunnar said to the rest of the Faculty.
"Hm, Mime Bomb's not exactly what I would call the strong, silent type" Coach Brunt said, with her arms crossed and a raised eyebrow.
"I would recommend sending Tigress" Shadowsan said.
This caused the others (minus Saira, who was busy looking at her computer screens) to look over at him. "Would this be because she failed to stop both Carmen Sandiego and Naruto Uzumaki in Indonesia?" Brunt asked him with a slight narrowing of her eyes, while Cleo and Gunnar looked at her from the corner of their eyes.
"Tigress is my finest student, and the most vicious," he said with a scowl, as Gunnar and Cleo looked at him slightly. "You do not wish me to send her, because you continue to be soft on both Black Sheep and Dark Fox" as he looked at Coach Brunt with a glare.
This caused the Cleaners to stop mopping, as they looked over for a moment, before they resumed what they were doing.
Coach Brunt cocked an eyebrow at Shadowsan, upon hearing him say that. "Do I need to remind you that we were all soft on Black Sheep and Dark Fox, before they betrayed us and took new names?" she said, as she gave a hard glare.
Shadowsan returned the glare with one of his own, as he said "Do I need to remind you that I never thought either of them was fit to enroll in VILE's program to begin with?"
"Faculty, please" Professor Maelstrom said, as he tried to appease them both. He soon gave a smile along with a raised eyebrow, as he looked at everyone and said "Why squabble when we can simply vote? All in favor of sending Tigress, raise your hand."
Cleo and Shadowsan were the only ones to raise their hands, with Brunt still glaring at Shadowsan while Dr. Bellum was still typing on her computer screens, which caused the others to glance at her.
Gunnar scowled at this, before he cleared his throat. "Dr. Bellum, your participation is mandatory for us to reach a decision" he said to her.
"I happen to be preoccupied at the moment, Professor. You do want me to hack into this keycard and learn what I can about ACME, don't you?" she told him with a raised eyebrow, as the said keycard was plugged into the side of one of her computers.
She briefly stopped typing and looked over at him. "Fine, fine, send whomever" she said quickly, as she raised a hand.
This causes Shadowsan to smile, as he said "I shall notify Tigress."
Coach Brunt glanced over at the Cleaners, who stopped what they were doing and looked at her. She gave them a small nod, which they returned with narrowed eyes and made her smile.
0o0o0o0
(The next day, San Francisco's Chinatown)
Tigress was wearing a trench coat over her outfit, while holding her phone as she talked to Shadowsan via video call.
{"The hand-off will transpire in Chinatown. Mime Bomb has been instructed to sit tight until the exchange can be facilitated. The stamp is hidden within the statue of a lucky cat,"} he said to her.
Tigress gave a smirk, before she said "How fitting. I consider myself VILE's lucky cat. Meow" before she moved her hand like a cat would.
The video of Shadowsan went into the bottom corner, and showed a map that had a bomb on it. {"This tracker will triangulate his location. Do not fail, Tigress"} he said, before he hung up.
Tigress glanced at the map, before she walked off.
0o0o0o0
(Meanwhile)
Naruto and Carmen were in their outfits, as they peaked round a corner from an alleyway.
"Your intel is impeccable, Player" Carmen said with a grin.
Naruto nodded in agreement with his own grin. "Yeah. Mime Bomb's here, hiding in plain sight behind an invisible newspaper" he said. "And I gotta say, it must be murder on his legs, acting as though he's sitting on a chair like that."
"Focus babe" Carmen said to him.
"Right, okay sorry" Naruto said with a sheepish look, while rubbing the back of his head.
{"Think he has the stamp?"} Player asked them.
"Hm, hard to say," Carmen said with a frown.
Naruto gave a small nod. "Yeah, as he could be receiving or delivering," he said.
Mime Bomb turned a page on his invisible newspaper, before he glanced up and frowned as he spotted Carmen and Naruto hiding in the alley. He got a look of worry on his face, before he folded his invisible paper away and placed it down. He then grabbed the lucky cat off an actual bench, and stood up before he dashed off.
"Looks like it's in the cat," Carmen said.
"I can't believe he's able to run, after looking like he's been sitting down for goodness knows how long" Naruto said, giving a slight shake of his head.
Carmen slapped her forehead, before dragging it down her face. "Naruto, please just focus on the mission, and not on Mime Bomb's acting skills."
Naruto gave her a sheepish smile, as he nodded his head.
The two of them were about to dash after Mime Bomb, before they pressed themselves against the wall with frowns on their faces, when they saw Tigress approaching.
"Ugh, where is that buffoon going?" Tigress groaned out in annoyance, as she looked up from her phone.
Naruto and Carmen looked up, and shot their grappling hooks to a roof before pulling themselves up, as they followed Tigress by roof hopping.
Mime Bomb was running along, and passed a shop, before he walked backwards while looking at it. He gave a smile, before he briefly looked around suspiciously then entered the shop smiling, while Naruto and Carmen watched from the rooftop on a building across the street.
After a few moments, they saw him exit the shop without the lucky cat, and dashed off. "Well now, aren't you a sly one" Carmen said with a quirked eyebrow.
The two of them rappelled down off the roof, before they crossed the street and entered the shop. Once they did, they widened their eyes in shocked surprise when they saw that the shop was filled with lucky cats.
They gave the shop owner a quick smile, before they looked at the cats on the shelf next to them. "Can't feed this kitty" Carmen said, as she picked one up and ran her finger over the seal.
"Or these two," Naruto added, as he held up two of them.
They soon placed them back, before looking over at the next shelf. As they did, Naruto smiled as he spotted one that didn't have a seal on it, which he and Carmen walked over to and picked up off the shelf.
As they were, Tigress was walking past the shop before she doubled back to look inside, seeing Naruto and Carmen heading for the counter. "Within a statue of a lucky cat" she said with a smirk.
Naruto and Carmen had just turned around after paying for the cat, when they heard the door open and saw Tigress in the doorway.
"I'll take the tchotchke, if you don't mind," she told them with a smirk, as she leaned her forearm against the door frame, while flexing the claws from her other hand.
"Or what? You'll claw my coat into a bolero jacket?" Carmen asked with narrowed eyes.
"Or turn mine into some kind of punk ripped jacket?" Naruto added with a raised eyebrow.
Tigress licked her lips at the thought, before saying "Hm, that look might work for ya whiskers." She then turned back to Carmen, as she said "I didn't just ace that exam. I shredded it. Which is what I'm about to do to your face" as she flexed her claws, before lunging at Carmen as tried to swipe at her, before Carmen ducked under it and moved to behind Tigress.
Tigress looked over at Naruto, who was holding the tchotchke and tried to grab it from him, but he avoided her grab and tossed it over her head to Carmen, who was quick to grab it.
Tigress then turned around, and glared at Carmen before she tried again, with Carmen getting behind her once more, and used a side-kick to send her forward which sent her tumbling to the floor, and caused her to break some tchotchke when she hit the shelf they were on.
Tigress glared at Carmen, before she ran to her and tried to grab the tchotchke from her. She swiped at her again, which Carmen dodged by moving to the side, with Tigress then using a high spinning kick to try and kick her head, as Carmen leaned back to dodge it.
Tigress then tried a leaping kick instead, but Carmen did a high side-kick to her chest, which sent her towards a table that had some tchotchke on it, and caused them all to fall to the floor and break when she landed on it.
"I'll take that kitty off your hands" Tigress said with a grin, before she leapt off the table.
The store owner, who was watching this in horror at seeing her merchandise being destroyed, held the one on the counter up. "We have others, you know!" she yelled out.
Tigress landed in front of Carmen, and grabbed hold of the lucky cat before she could react. "I always pegged you as a crazy cat lady," Carmen said, as they both tugged at it.
Naruto nodded in agreement, as he tried to pull Tigress away, but she slammed her the back of head into his face then kicked him in the stomach, which sent him into a shelf of lucky cats, and caused a few of them to break.
As they fought over the tchotchke, Tigress smirked as she let go of it, which caused Carmen to stumble back slightly, and allowed Tigress to drop to the floor and sweep Carmen off her feet, who let out a grunt when she hit the ground, along with dropping the lucky cat.
Tigress was quick to get back up, and ran over to the tumbling tchotchke before it got too far. When Tigress reached the door, she held it up with a smirk, as she turned around and said "Finders keepers" before running off.
Carmen and Naruto both climbed to their feet, before they grinned at each other, as Naruto opened his coat slightly to show that he had a lucky cat in his inside pocket.
"Should've slashed our coats," Naruto said with a grin, before he took it out of his pocket.
Carmen gave her own grin, as she tossed a large roll of money over her shoulder at the shopkeeper, who caught it in surprise.
"This is for the kitty cats. Keep the change" she said, as she and Naruto left the shop, with the shopkeeper smiling at what Carmen said and gave her.
0o0o0o0
(With Tigress, minutes later)
Tigress was in an alley, as she dropped the tchotchke she had at the ground with a smile, thinking she'd find the stamp inside it. But what she actually found….was nothing at all.
"What? No stamp?" she growled out, as she shifted through the pieces of ceramic. "Ugh! Unlucky cat!" she said with a hard glare.
0o0o0o0
(Meanwhile, elsewhere)
Naruto and Carmen were in an alleyway of their own, as Carmen pulled the bottom off so they could look inside it, but found nothing there.
"Empty?" Carmen said in surprise. Naruto narrowed his eyes in thought, as he said "Mime Bomb."
Carmen too narrowed her eyes at this, before placing the lucky cat in her coat pocket. "Come on, let's see if we can find him," she said, before she fired her grappling hook to the roof, and pulled herself up.
Naruto gave a quick nod, as he followed after her.
0o0o0o0
(With Chase and Julia)
Chase and Julia were walking down a pathway, with Julia saying "ACME intel indicates there will be an exchange of an unknown commodity here tonight. It could be the stolen stamp."
"Then perhaps today we shall be able to catch both Carmen Sandiego and Naruto Uzumaki red-handed," Devineaux said with a smirk.
As they were walking along, Julia spotted Mime Bomb leaving Chinatown, who was looking around curiously, with a raised eyebrow. "Do you find that suspicious?" she asked Chase, as she pulled on his arm to stop him walking, while pointing at Mime Bomb.
Chase raised an eyebrow at this, while shrugging his shoulders slightly as he said "Another street clown. So what? San Francisco is filled with them."
"I think it's the same one from last night" Julia told him, with a hard look and a raised eyebrow, as they watched Mime Bomb walk off.
Mime Bomb checked over his shoulder a few times, as he started walking faster.
"You there! Stop!" Chase yelled out as he pointed at Mime Bomb, before he ran over to him, with Julia narrowing her eyes slightly.
Mime Bomb then gained a look of worry, and turned around to run away….which was at about half the speed a normal person would run. And as he was running slowly, this allowed Chase to tackle him to the ground.
He was quick to handcuff him, before pulling him back to his feet and walked back over to Julia.
As they were walking over, Naruto and Carmen were watching from a rooftop.
"Devineaux had better be good at charades," Carmen said with a smile, as she raised one of her eyebrows.
"HA! I wouldn't be surprised if he messed something as simple as that up" Naruto said with a laugh.
Carmen gave him a smile at this, before they turned around and headed off.
0o0o0o0
(Sometime later)
Chase and Julia were walking along, with Chase at the front and Julia at the back, while Mime Bomb was wearing a bag on his head, so that he couldn't see where they were going. And as they were walking along, Chase was looking inside all of his pockets, as he tried to find his ACME keycard.
"Perhaps you left your keycard in another jacket" Julia said, as they stopped next to what looked like some graffiti art.
"I always wear my lucky coat when I am working. And I only have one lucky coat" Chase told her, as he checked his inside coat pockets.
Julia looked thoughtful, as she said "Sir, were you wearing this coat when you drove into the Swiss lake? Or when you fell onto the windshield of your ca -" before Devineaux held up his hand to interrupt her.
"Never mind that!" he said in an annoyed tone. "Please just use your keycard, Ms. Argent" as he waved his hands at the wall, before placing them in his coat pockets with a scowl on his face.
Julia took her keycard from her coat pocket, and held it at a certain area on the wall, which caused some beeping to happen, before a door suddenly appeared where there wasn't one earlier.
Chase then grabbed Mime Bomb and pushed him into the door, with Julia following behind them before the door closed.
Chase then sat Mime Bomb in a chair, and turned a light on before he pulled the sack off Mime Bomb's head, who had a look of discomfort.
Chase then went and stood next to Julia, who had her iPad in her hands and a look of concern on her face. "What is your connection to Carmen Sandiego and Naruto Uzumaki, hmm?" he asked him.
Mime Bomb gave him an uneasy smile. "Speak up! You do not have the right to remain silent!" Chase yelled with a scowl while jabbing his finger at him, as Julia narrowed her eyes slightly.
Mime Bomb raised his cuffed hands, while having his mouth open in an 'O' slightly before smiling uneasily.
"Perhaps we need to allow him to answer in his own way," Julia said, which caused Mime Bomb to quickly nod in agreement.
Chase placed his hand on his forehead as he gave a groan. "Very well then, go on" he said, waving his hand in the air.
Julia pressed a button on her iPad, which caused the cuffs on Mime Bomb to unlock with a beep.
Mime Bomb then raised his hands in the air, and tipped his hat at Julia in gratitude. He then started to pantomime his answer to Chase's question.
Chase had his hand on his chin while resting his elbow on his other hand, with a raised eyebrow as he and Julia watched him. "Okay, three words, first syllable. An elephant? Getting a pedicure? Giving you a pedicure! While spreading cheese... on a baguette? On Bastille Day?!" he said, while his facial expressions changed.
Mime Bomb had a raised eyebrow, as he face palmed before he looked at Chase in disbelief.
Chase placed both his hands on his head in annoyance. "This is ridiculous! What is he saying?" he demanded from Julia.
"He insists he was merely performing on the street. He has never heard of any Carmen Sandiego or Naruto Uzumaki. He says he is innocent" she said, while pushing her glasses up her nose.
Mime Bomb folded his arms over his chest, as he smiled while giving a nod.
Chase clenched his hands together, as he angrily growled. "You are not innocent! Carmen Sandiego and Naruto Uzumaki stole the stamp and you are their courier!" he yelled out.
He then ran over to Mime Bomb, and grabbed him by the front of his shirt before he lifted him off the chair, and slammed him against the back wall. And while Chase held him against the wall, Mime Bomb slipped the stamp into the inside pocket of Chase's coat.
"You are carrying the stamp, admit it! Give it to me!" Chase said, before he started patting Mime Bomb down to try and find the stamp, while Mime Bomb looked uncomfortable. Finding nothing, Chase grabbed the front of his shirt again as he scowled at him, before he roughly shoved him against the wall and backed away.
Julia had a scowl on her face, before she then leaned close to his ear, and whispered "Perhaps he is working for VILE."
This caused Chase to gain a look of interest, as he placed his hand on his chin in thought while Julia glanced at Mime Bomb.
Chase then picked the cuffs up and placed them back on Mime Bomb, and covered his head back up with the sack before turning the light off. He and Julia then led Mime Bomb out of the secret room, and led him quite a distance from it, before they took the sack and cuffs off him, which took Mime Bomb by surprise before he smiled as he looked at his free hands, and touched his face.
"You have our sincerest apologies. You are free to go. Uh, tell no one about this, please" Chase said to him with an ashamed smile.
Mime Bomb pantomimed zipping his lips, before he turned around and walked off.
"Sir, an innocent mime does not evade agents that he encounters on the street" Julia said, as they watched him walk away.
"Which is precisely why I let him go, Ms. Argent. I guarantee you that he will lead us straight to Carmen Sandiego and Naruto Uzumaki" Chase said, as he looked over at her before placing his hands in his pants pockets, while raising an eyebrow with a smirk.
0o0o0o0
(Sometime later, at Fisherman's Wharf)
Tigress was frowning as she looked at the phone, as she was still tracking down Mime Bomb. She soon found him, and saw that he was performing for some tips.
She then walked up to him, and watched as he pantomimed picking up a flower and sniffing it, before holding his hand out to her with a smile. "Where have you been?" she angrily whispered to him.
This caused Mime Bomb to give her a look of annoyance, as he pantomimed throwing the flower away. He held his finger up, then pointed at his eyes before he moved his eyes and head slightly off to one side. Tigress looked towards where Mime Bomb indicated, and saw Chase and Julia leaning against the rails, with Julia looking out to the ocean while Chase had his back to it.
"There. A street clown performing at Fisherman's Wharf. Are you happy now?" Chase asked, as he gestured at Mime Bomb.
"You're being followed," Tigress said slowly in realisation, as she widened her eyes. She then turned to Mime Bomb and clapped, as he gave a bow with a smile. "Bravo, mime! Can you do 'pulling on a rope'?" she asked him, before Mime Bomb stuck his tongue out as he crouched down, and pantomimed as though he was pulling something up on a rope. "How about 'where did you hide it'?" she asked him with a glare.
Mime Bomb gained an upset look, then he raised an eyebrow as he nodded before he gestured at his tipping jar.
Tigress rummaged about in her jacket pocket, as she said "Are you kidding me?" with a frown. She pulled some coins out, before dropping them in the jar.
Unbeknownst to them, Naruto and Carmen were watching this through their high tech binoculars on a rooftop. They saw Mime Bomb pantomime wearing a jacket, and placing something in the pocket before pointing off to Chase and walking like him.
Naruto and Carmen moved their binoculars over at Chase, and saw he was watching Mime Bomb, while Julia looked out at the water. "Somewhere in that coat lies a single ten million dollar stamp" Carmen said.
Naruto gave a hum of agreement, as they both moved their binoculars back to Mime Bomb who was pantomiming some more, before he walked off and they saw that Tigress wasn't with him anymore.
They widened their eyes slightly and took their binoculars away from their eyes for a moment, before narrowing them as they looked through the binoculars again, as they saw Chase and Julia watching Mime Bomb walking away, before Chase began to follow him.
They moved their binoculars along, and saw Mime Bomb walking along without a care, before moving them again and saw Tigress leaning against the rails further down.
"No!" Carmen said in shock, before she turned around and ran off to the door, to try and reach the wharf.
"Hey, wait for me babe!" Naruto yelled, as he followed after her.
Carmen quickly yanked the door open, and sprinted down the stairs with Naruto hot on her heels, while on the wharf Mime Bomb kept on walking, as he led Chase and Julia towards Tigress. When Carmen and Naruto reached the door at the bottom, Carmen shoved it open with her shoulder, before she headed for the wharf while Naruto ran next to her.
"S'cuse us. Sorry. Watch out. Coming through" Naruto said quickly, as they ran past some people, with some being knocked over or bumped into along with jumping over whatever was in their way.
They soon arrived at the wharf, and saw Tigress cutting off part of Chase's coat as he walked past, where she grabbed it in the air and ran off, moments before they arrived.
"Damnit, we missed stopping her," Naruto said with a frown.
Carmen had her own frown, as she looked after Tigress, then at Chase before she growled, and ran after Tigress.
Naruto gave a sigh and shook his head slightly, as he followed after her, while thinking "Looks like Carmen really hates that Tigress did the same thing she did during Shadowsan's coat exam."
Meanwhile, as Chase and Julia continued to follow Mime Bomb, a cold wind blew by, which caused Chase to stop and shiver slightly, as he held his arms. "They were not kidding about brisk ocean air" he said, as he looked at Julia.
Julia turned to him, and looked down when she noticed his coat was cut. "Sir, your coat" she said to him, which caused him to raise his eyebrows.
Chase looked down, and saw that he was missing the bottom part of his coat. "What?!" he exclaimed in surprise.
He then looked behind him and was briefly surprised before he gained a look of anger, when he saw Naruto and Carmen running away. "La Femme Rouge! L'homme blond! They are vicious and cruel!" he yelled out, upset with what happened to his coat as he pointed after them, before he and Julia ran after them.
As the three different groups ran, they soon arrived on a street, with Tigress darting down an alleyway, with Naruto and Carmen soon following after her.
Tigress soon exited the alley, and saw a car had stopped not that far away. She quickly ran towards it, and pulled the driver out through the passenger window, who gave a "Hey!" in surprise before she tossed him on the ground, where he gave a grunt of pain. She then opened the passenger door, and climbed into the driver's seat with a smile before putting the seatbelt on.
The guy poked his head through the passenger window, and angrily said "You can't take my-" before Tigress interrupted him as she flexed her hand, showing her claws. "Care to tell it to the hand?" she asked him sarcastically, which caused the guy to whimper before he ran off in terror.
"I didn't think so," she said with a smirk. She continued to smirk, when she looked in the rearview mirror, and saw Naruto and Carmen exit the alleyway, before they stopped when they saw her in the car.
She leaned out of the car, and waved the cloth from Chase's coat at them. "Check it out! I aced the coat exam again!" she yelled at them over the roof of the car, before she got back in the car with a laugh while putting her mask on. Naruto and Carmen ran over to stop her, but she put the car in gear and drove off in a trail of smoke, just as they got to where the car was.
As they watched her drive off with frowns on their faces, they heard Player on their comms say {"I got you, guys. Roadside pickup is on the way."}
They soon heard the sound of some squealing tires, and saw the red car they'd bought from the auction come drifting round a corner before it came to a stop in front of them.
Naruto opened the passenger door, and saw Zack behind the wheel with a massive grin on his face. "Thanks, mates! I got to drive this baby right off the auction lot! I can't believe it's the actual car from the movie!" he said to them happily.
Naruto smiled back at him, as he moved the passenger seat so that he could get in the back, before Carmen put it back in position so that she could sit down. "Not a problem Zack, we knew how much you liked the movie" he said to him, as he and Carmen put their seatbelts on.
Carmen gave Zack her own smile, as she said "Yeah. We were happy to buy it for ya." She then gained a serious look, before adding "And Zack, you're our getaway driver, but Tigress is the one getting away."
Zack grinned at her, as he said "Don't worry Carm, I got this." He then put the car in gear, as he said "Starter flag waved, and we're off to the races" pretending like he was in a race.
And as they drove off in a cloud of smoke, they left Chase behind just as he exited the alleyway.
Chase watched them go with a frown, as he took something out of his coat, and pressed a button on it, before putting it away. He soon heard a car's engine, and saw a car heading his way, which stopped next to him.
Julia had exited the alley just then, and had her hand raised in the air, as she said "Sir! A word of caution before you engage in another high-speed pursuit with ACME property" with a slight frown on her face.
Chase was about to climb into the car, before looking over at Julia with a scowl. "Gah! This is exactly why I'm not inviting you along. I cannot be slowed down by 'caution words' while chasing down our thieves" he said with narrowed eyes, before climbing into the car. He gave a frown, as he pressed a button on the touch screen which caused the car to rev as he drove forward, before he skidded round and chased after them, while leaving Julia behind with a slight look of worry.
As the three cars chased after one another, Tigress looked in the rearview mirror, and narrowed her eyes at seeing who was following her, before she lifted the handbrake and drifted round a corner, while fighting for control before she righted the car and drove off.
Zack gave a slight smirk, before he got serious as he too drifted round the corner, while Naruto and Carmen had slight looks of worry on their faces as they held on tight. Zack then smiled as he righted the car, and looked in the rearview mirror to see that Chase had also drifted round the corner.
"So, do you guys think this baby can drive straight up a wall? You know, like it did on Rogue Vendetta 7: Drive 'Em Up a Wall?" Zack asked them with a smile.
"Let's try not to find out," Carmen said, with a worried look on her face.
Naruto nodded in agreement. "And besides Zack, they probably used wires or something to make it look like it did that. Or, they used a fake car for the scene" Naruto said to him.
Zack looked thoughtful, as they drifted round a corner, before immediately drifting round another one. "You're probably right, Naru," he said with a nod, before he concentrated on chasing Tigress.
Carmen looked back at Naruto, and gave him a grateful look.
As they continued to chase after Tigress, they flew over some small road hills with how fast they were going.
"Whoo!" Zack said happily, as they flew over the last small hill, before landing back on flat ground, with some bumps as they did, which sent them slightly out of their seats.
0o0o0o0
(VILE Isle)
Tigress was on the big screen, as she looked at the Faculty while driving.
{"I've got the stamp. I just need to shake a little red and orange tail first"} she told them with a smile.
"Proceed to higher ground where the Cleaners can provide pickup" Brunt told her with a raised eyebrow.
Shadowsan scoffed upon hearing this. "The Cleaners? They will never arrive in time" he said, while glancing over at her.
"Well, they already happen to be on site" she said, which caused him to raise an eyebrow when she said that. Coach Brunt looked towards him with a smirk, as she said "I suspected there might be a mess to clean up. Was I right?" while narrowing her eyes at him.
This caused Cleo and Gunnar to give Shadowsan a side glance, to see what his reaction would be, which happened to be a deep frown.
"I hope that Naruto and Carmen are able to defeat Tigress, and stop her from getting away with the stamp" Shadowsan thought to himself privately.
0o0o0o0
(Back in San Francisco)
The car chase continued, as they drove through the streets, while heading for the Golden Gate Bridge.
"It seems that Carmen Sandiego and Naruto Uzumaki are headed towards the Golden Gate Bridge. Notify the Chief, and have her shut it down" Chase told Julia, whose face was on the screen in the middle of his car.
{"The entire bridge?"} Julia asked with a raised eyebrow, upon hearing this.
"The woman beams herself from a fountain pen! She can do anything!" Chase said, as he waved his hand in the air.
He then gained a thoughtful look, as he started touching the screen, trying to end the call.
Julia gave a sigh, before saying {"You must swipe down, and then up."}
While Chase was trying to end the call, he was swerving the car around other vehicles, before he sharply turned off to the right. As he continued to fiddle with the touch screen, he started tuning the radio, while ignoring where he was driving.
{"That is the radio, Sir. Perhaps you should remain focused on the-"} Julia was saying, before she was interrupted by the car suddenly driving down a mountain.
Chase saw they were approaching a cliff, and gained a look of worry. "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, noooooooo!" he yelled, as the car jumped off the cliff and plummeted into the water.
Chase had his arms crossed, with a frown on his face. {"Scroll until you see the letter E, then swipe up to eject"} Julia told him, with a disapproving look on her face.
0o0o0o0
(On the Golden Gate Bridge)
Tigress drove onto the bridge, until she was about in the middle, before she put her foot on the brakes, and skidded to a stop as the car spun round to face the way it came.
She then climbed out of the car, and looked up as she spotted the VILE helicopter. She pulled the phone out, and pressed a button on it which connected her to the helicopter. "Hello, gentlemen. I've got an airmail delivery" she said with a smile, as she held up the stamp before hanging up and placed it back in her pouch, then looked back up as she saw the helicopter lowering down to the bridge's support, that the car was parked next to. She ran over to the support, and using her claws, started to climb it with gritted teeth.
Zack then arrived, and stopped the car with squealing tires. He looked at Carmen and Naruto with a smile, and asked "You want me to keep the motor running, guys?" while raising an eyebrow at them.
Carmen climbed out of the car, before Naruto moved the seat forward to climb out himself, then closed the door, and placed a hand on their hips. "We'll catch a flight," Naruto said, as they looked up to see Tigress climbing to the helicopter.
They both then bought out their grappling guns, and fired them at the top of the support that Tigress had climbed. They soon pressed a button on them, which allowed the two to be pulled up, and when they flew over the rails, they flicked their wrists so that the hooks detached from the rails and the lines retracted back into the guns, where they landed behind Tigress in a crouch, before standing up as they put their grappling guns away.
Tigress was watching as the helicopter flew over, with a searchlight on to find her, as she glanced over her shoulder at them when she heard them landing. She then turned to face them fully, just as the spotlight shone on her, with a brief look of surprise before scowling.
The spotlight shone on the three of them, as though it was like a stadium fight.
"The stamp, Tigress" Carmen demanded with a scowl, as she put her fists up.
"Yeah, otherwise we'll have to 'declaw' you to get it," Naruto added with a frown, as he took out his escrima sticks and twirled them briefly, before holding them in a reverse grip.
"You want it so badly? Here. For your little 'save the kids,' or whales, or whatever charity you help provide money for" Tigress said with a smirk, as she threw the bag the stamp was in towards them.
They both ran forward, and tried to grab it, as the wind caused it to drift about all over the place. They saw as it floated over the rails, and tried to grab it, but it drifted too far out of reach. They then noticed that the stamp wasn't inside it, as it floated away.
"Ha! I made you look! An itty bitty stamp is probably even harder to snatch than... oh, I don't know, a dollar bill" Tigress said with a smirk, as she held the stamp up between her fingers. "However, I could hand it over if you gave me a kiss, Naruto" she added with an evil grin, as she looked at Carmen, to see what her reaction would be, who was giving Tigress a death glare.
Naruto snorted at hearing her say this. "Yeah, in your dreams" he said with a frown.
Tigress gave a fake sigh when he said that. "Oh well, that's too bad. I guess dreaming about it will have to do" she said, before she placed the stamp in one of her boots.
"Why don't we find out if snatching the stamp is harder than a dollar bill?" Carmen asked with a scowl, as she took a stance with Naruto taking one next to her.
Tigress got in her own stance, as she extended her claws. "Why don't we?" she said with a grin.
After staring at each other for a few moments, with the only noise and light coming from the helicopter, Naruto and Carmen dashed at Tigress, who gave a yell as she dashed at them.
As Naruto and Carmen ran towards Tigress, they dropped to their knees, and slid under Tigress swipes, with Carmen grabbing the stamp from her boot, while Naruto grabbed the phone from her pouch.
Tigress stopped, and turned around with a glare. She then gave a surprised shout of "Hey!" when she noticed that the stamp was gone from her boot, before growling as she narrowed her eyes while clenching her fists.
Naruto and Carmen then stood up, with Carmen holding the stamp between her own fingers, while they glanced over their shoulders with grins. They then ran off to the end of the bridge support, with Naruto putting his escrima sticks away, before they jumped off and opened up their gliders to fly away.
Tigress ran to the end of the bridge support, and frowned as she watched them fly off. She soon placed her hand in her pouch, to pull the phone out. But she gained a look of shock, when she couldn't feel the phone, causing her to look down and notice that it was gone as well. This caused her to let out a growl of anger.
As Naruto and Carmen flew off, they soon heard the phone beep, before hearing Shadowsan saying {"Tigress, confirm that you have secured the stamp."}
Naruto pulled the phone out of his inside jacket pocket, and looked at a video call of him. "Oh, it's been secured alright" he said to him, which caused Shadowsan to look surprised for a moment. "Now will you admit that the coats were empty?" Carmen asked, as she raised an eyebrow at him, along with a smirk. Shadowsan just gave them both a hard stare, but said nothing, which caused them both to roll their eyes at him. "Like we need your stamp of approval anyway" Naruto said, before he dropped the phone in the water, while they flew off to the city.
Back at the bridge, Tigress had an upset look on her face, as she watched the helicopter arrive to pick her up, while at the bottom of the bridge, Julia was helping Chase out of the water.
"A shame about the car, Sir. And your coat" she said to him, before Chase walked off, with a scowl on his face.
"I may have lost my lucky coat, but it is the luck of Carmen Sandiego and Naruto Uzumaki which will soon run out" he said, as he and Julia watched them fly off, while shaking the water off himself.
0o0o0o0
(At VILE Isle)
The Faculty, minus Bellum, were all sitting in their seats.
"Good call, Shadowsan. Tigress and Mime Bomb, VILE's new dream team!" Coach Brunt said, before she started laughing, while Shadowsan just glanced over at her with a hard look, who returned it with a smirk.
Before anything else could happen, the doors were slammed open before they heard Dr. Bellum yelling out "Eureka!" This caused Brunt to raise an eyebrow, as they saw Saira approaching them, while tapping at her pad.
"Please tell us you uncovered the meaning of ACME, Dr. Bellum" Professor Maelstrom said.
Saira gave a smirk, as she stood before the table. "Not quite, but by hacking the data files embedded in this keycard, I learned that it is registered to this man: Chase Devineaux" she said, as she turned to the big screen, and had Chase's face pop up on it.
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Authors Note: To those who want me to lemon/sex scenes in every chapter or so, I can't as I need to find the right time/moment to do them. Such as, on their plane, in a hotel room or in a train's sleeping carriage. So please, stop asking me to keep adding them, as I'll do them when I please.
And those that guessed the TV show was Blindspot, you win a free cookie (and that's one of my favourite TV shows to watch).
Hope that everyone enjoyed the chapter, and that you're doing what you can to avoid getting this COVID by following the rules, while any and all flames are no longer welcome. Also, for some reason, if I get a PM from anyone, it wouldn't show me the number(s) on fanfiction (so if you send me a PM, and I reply to it late, that's the reason why). Let's hope that now the vaccines are all done, we can rest a bit easier.
I have also posted a few story ideas on my home page, and if any of you want to use them please, PM me and let me know.